The Wilmingtonian., 1887-07-23
NYE AT coNEY ISLAND.
Bathing Costumes-Nye's Figure Excites
Remarks,


Bathing costumes seem to be similar this
year to what they have always been. In
stockings you occasionally see pair in odd
shades like baby elephants breath or smoth-
cred shrimp pink, with embroidered soft
shell crabs on them, but they are mostly
black.
The oldest thing saw in stockings yes
terday, think, was an artificial foot
The "Wild Woman of the Catskilsn is still
on exhibition at the museum. Girls who are
a little inclined to be wild will do well to see
her. They would never be wild any more.
Then bathed. feel quite proud of my
suit, because it does not bag at the knees.
This, presume, is because the capacity of
bathing suit for bagging is comparatively
limited, and as mine seems to bag every
where else it cannot find time to bag at the
knees.
Leaving my clothes, my conscientious
scruples and my teeth in charge of my valet,
| madly waded out to meet my DOOM IL
had been going out to meet anybody else but
a moist doom would have dressed differently.
heard several low, wealthy people say, Get
onto the gun wiper going outto monkey with
the tide" One glorious looking being, with
her bathing trousers rolled up at the bottom
so that they could not get wet, said, in tink-
ling voice: "fhere is man who ought to
have sinker tied to him He will never
drown, but il land breeze springs up pretty
strong he will drift a long way out to sea-"
After had inhaled all the salt water that
thought was good for me, retired from
the surf then dressed myself and strolled
along the strand. There is no charge for
stroling along the strand. The poorest man
liz New York, armed with a large, warty
club TO keep off the bunko men, may stroll
along the strand with perfect safety
Presently ] came upon young woman who
was sitting by herself, gazing out to sea and
weeping. At first thought she was crying
because some one had stolen her clothes while
she was in the surf, but l soon saw that
was wrong.
She had her bathing suit on, and was sob
bing and stabbing large holes in the sand
with her toes.
"Pardon me-" I said, with the air of man
of the world, "has your train gone away and
left you, or have you swallowed one end Of a
breaker, as did.'
"Pease do not make game Of me, SIR" she
said at the same time shrinking back. at is
nothing that could ia the least interest you.
Go away"
NO" said I, huskily, "I cannot go away
until the next boat, and | would be tickled al
most to death if l could participate in your
sorrow. l have no card with me, but l am
connected with the press, and it would be
better TO give the story to me and let me get
| your exact language than to have il garbled
| by the other papers Where do you residef
III reside at present in New York" she said,
gulpng down a sob three sizes too large for
her. "and am utterly alone"
swell, why don't you girls in New York
who are utterly alone have a reunion this
summer at the Polo grounds' l have not
been in New York very long, but since I've
been there it seems to me that you and the
other utterly lonely girls have taken the
town, What brought you to New York,
may ask"
81 came there to obtain employment and
it is all so strange and so harsh and so heart
less there" She then took off her oilskin
bonnet and wept it almost full.
"What kind of work had you been accus-
toned toy